#The Fellowship of the Ring

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December 25th: The Fellowship leaves Rivendell

[chloristoflora]

For Christmas I got a beautiful LOTR boxset with illustrations by Alan Lee!

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VIGGO MORTENSEN as ARAGORN

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

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What became known as the Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Boromir, Gimili, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin) departed from Rivendell on the evening of December 25, 3018 TA (Third Age) on their quest to destroy the One Ring. ("Fellowship of the Ring" J.R.R. Tolkien, Novel)

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« He broke off and turned to the window again, singing softly.

I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been;

Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were, with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair.

I sit beside the fire and think of how the world will be when winter comes without a spring that I shall ever see.

For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green.

I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and people who will see a world that I shall never know.

But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

It was a cold grey day near the end of December. The East Wind was streaming through the bare branches of the trees, and seething in the dark pines on the hills. Ragged clouds were hurrying overhead, dark and low. As the cheerless shadows of the early evening began to fall the Company made ready to set out. »

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

[starsofarda]

And we are now going on with my "Mae joins the Fellowship" series.

We are now moving on from Lothlorien :D Also, IDK if I am correct or not, but I am fairly sure that Galadriel got a lot of inheritance from the Elven kingdoms, at least the items that were not destroyed/seized by Morgoth and Sauron.

I will be followinga bit of a heartcanon here, for Mae's gifts.

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

AO3 link

Also, tiny legendarium:

ᴛʏᴘᴇᴅ: ʟᴇɢᴏʟᴀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪꜱ ꜱʏʟᴠᴀɴ ᴅɪᴀʟᴇᴄᴛ

Italic: Sindarin

Bold: Khuzdul

Bold red: Ancient Khuzdul

𝒞𝓊𝓇𝓈𝒾𝓋𝑒: 𝒬𝓊𝑒𝓃𝓎𝒶

And time passed by in Lothlorien, until the Fellowship, with the loss of Gandalf and the acquisition of Maedhros Feanorion, had to leave Lothlorien and continue the Quest.

A lot had happened in that realm, and a lot more still had to come, but at the moment they all would be having a little bit of peace. When Galadriel gathered the Fellowship and the entire Court for goodbyes, everyone was wondering what would happen next.

Maedhros in particular, whilst he and Galadriel were not on forgiving terms, seemed to wonder.

And Galadriel had gifts with her, at that point, and she had already started speaking in the tongue he had learned was called "Westron" - he could catch a couple of words here and there, if anthing staying with the halflings and hearing their constant chattering had had the benefit of carving at least some basic words into his brain.

He did have to stop at Gimli's gift - the Dwarf seemed quite enamoured of the Lady of the Galadhrim, something he had changed mind over during his permanence in Lothlorien. A good thing, maybe this would be a starting point to stop any nonsensical issue between Elves and Dwarves.

Galadriel spoke to Gimli gently. "And what gift would a Dwarf ask of the Elves?"

He saw Gimli hesitate and then speak - he would have to ask Aragorn to translate it later.

"There is nothing, Lady Galadriel', said Gimli, bowing low and stammering. 'Nothing, unless it might be - unless it is permitted to ask, nay, to name a single strand of your hair, which surpasses the gold of the earth as the stars surpass the gems of the mine. I do not ask for such a gift. But you commanded me to name my desire."

Maedhros heard the shocked gasps, however he did not know Westron to say what was going on.

And then he saw Galadriel unbraiding her hair and give Gimli three strands of her hair.

Oh, if Feanor had been there.

Maedhros left out a stifled laughter - yeah, that he was understanding very well. Everyone turned towards him, trying to see if everything was alright - but it appeared to be something only he and Galadriel understood, hence no one pressed further, waiting instead for things to be explained at a later time.

"Maedhros Feanorion." He heard Galadriel call him. Her tone was calm, devoid of any contempt or resentment.

"Galadriel, Lady of the Galadhrim." He replied in the same tone - solemn, void of any resentment or contempt.

Somehow she felt different, as if she had diminished. He gave her a look, trying to see what was the deal, and she caught on that. She made a vague gesture. "Let us leave this at a quick 'I passed the test'."

Maedhros nodded. There would be time to enquire.

Galadriel kept speaking. "I have clothed you and gave you knowledge of the times that have gone by since your death. However, that is not all."

Her attendants brought forward her gifts.

"To you I give you a mighty sword - you should know the previous owner. It was salvaged and I kept it, no more than a relic of a past I would rather not mention here."

And as Maedhros unveiled the sword, he knew.

He absolutely knew.

That had been Fingon's sword, exactly as he remembered it. If he focused, he could almost feel again Fingon's presence, he almost could smell again the eagle feathers and feel the gentle touch on his aching body - he looked at Galadriel with all emotions he could feel in that moment, anger, sadness, relief, confusion.

Galadriel nodded. "May this sword be a guide to you, as he had been in life."

Maedhros just nodded. That was not the moment, he told himself, this all could wait, as he compartmentalized his feelings. He was also given a crossbow that would fit on the arm where he had not a hand anymore, light and practical, and a dagger for extreme situations.

Then Galadriel spoke to him once again. "This Quest is meant to rid the world of the Enemy. It appears you have still a role to play and this time may no Oath or Doom be with you. Instead, may you bring with you Hope and Companionship."

Easier said than done. Maedhros just said: "Thank you."

And with that the Fellowship left, Maedhros in the boat with Merry and Pippin.

As they made the first stop, Merry and Pippin immediately went to ask him. "Sir Maedhros Elf, we clearly saw you laugh, what was so funny?"

And as Aragorn wearily translated the uestion, he pinched the bridge of his nose. "𝒜𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑜𝓇𝓃, 𝒾𝒻 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝒸𝒽, 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒶𝑔𝑒?"

And once Aragorn had agreed, Maedhros explained how his father had also asked for a strand of Galadriel's hair, three times. And how funny and ironic was the whole ordeal.

He quickly added, to Gimli: "Worry not, Master Dwarf. I know you deserve them. There shall be no hatred here."

"No offence taken. I know you were a very upright lad."

"No one would refer to me as upright, but I appreciate your words."

And then the Hobbits got curious about the sword. "We thought Elves only used bows and arrows."

Once again Aragorn translated. Maedhros replied. "𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝓎… 𝑀𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓈𝒾𝓃'𝓈 𝓈𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹."

"Oh, you miss him."

"𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉. 𝒲𝑒… 𝒲𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒."

The conversation was cut short as both Maedhros and Legolas turned towards the forest.

"ᴏʀᴄꜱ. ᴡᴇ'ᴅ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɢᴏ." Legolas said and Maedhros nodded.

And the Fellowship went back on the boats, trying to lose the Orcs for the time being.

The journey was still quite long and full of danger, but this time it felt slightly different, as if hope, the tiny fragment everyone had been holding on, had started shining brighter - yes, even brighter than a Silmaril, Maedhros surprised himself in thinking.

It would be fine.

This time no one would die, no one would fail.

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[vanyamire]

some quick lotr studies :]

prints

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studies from the fellowship of the ring

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The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson

[thegorgonist]

The Fellowship When I was a kid, my folks basically told me I was a hobbit. I cherish the memory of them reading all these books to me--and I turned around and read them to my little siblings and eventually to my partner! I've drawn and painted a lot for The Hobbit but never The Lord of the Rings, and this ECCC seemed like the right time to debut one!

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CATE BLANCHETT as GALADRIEL THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) | Costume by Ngila Dickson

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lotr behind the scenes

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THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

2001 | dir. Peter Jackson

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Boromir “They took the little ones” really doesn’t get enough credit for how sweet he is to Merry and Pippin. Sword fighting and training with them, protecting them from orcs - despite his flaws he was kind at heart.